China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was Asia’s first sustained commercial airline. Scheduled service began on October 21, 1929, along a 525-mile route from Shanghai to Hankou with two passengers and one pound of mail. #DefunctThursday #CNAC
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was Asia’s first sustained commercial airline. Scheduled service began on October 21, 1929, along a 525-mile route from Shanghai to Hankou with two passengers and one pound of mail. #DefunctThursday #CNAC
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2022.
Clara Adams was a wealthy widow and able to take part in some of the most important flights in aviation history. Here she is with other passengers waiting to board the inaugural flight of the #PanAmerican Hawaii Clipper in 1936. #womeninaviation #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 12, 2018.
Clark overcame the reluctance of Glenn Curtiss to accept her as a student and trained at the Curtiss School of Aviation in North Island, San Diego. After earning her pilot's license, she joined the Curtiss exhibition team billed as "The Daring Bird-Girl." #EarlyWomenAviators
This tweet was posted on August 03, 2022.
Claude Grahame-White, the first Englishman to receive a pilot’s license, also wrote numerous books on early aviation
This tweet was posted on January 11, 2016.
Connect through our Pinterest page for more aviation fun! https://t.co/vxpyS0dp4n
This tweet was posted on February 13, 2016.
Curl up w/ one of 7,700 books at our #aviation library! We're in the Intl Term, open Sun-Fri, 10am-4:30pm. http://t.co/tTH7wVWfJ2
This tweet was posted on February 26, 2013.
Did you know Bernard M. “Mike” Doolin, the fourth director of @flySFO was also an accomplished aviator? After serving as a pilot in during WWI, Doolin worked at Standard Oil and was frequently seen at SFO piloting a Boeing Model 40 and a Stearman 4 Junior Speedmail. #52Objects
This tweet was posted on June 12, 2023.
Did you know SFO Museum also collects toys? Check out a few of our aviation toys. https://t.co/4JfbUd5Npl
This tweet was posted on August 21, 2016.
Did you know that SFO Museum also has a library & archives containing more than 8,000 books & periodicals on aviation? #DayofFacts
This tweet was posted on February 17, 2017.
Did you know that we have an exhibition dedicated to our collection of early aviation books? https://t.co/iSNqNjtmpW
This tweet was posted on May 01, 2016.
Did you know the SFO Museum collections include over 3,000 photographs documenting the history of commercial aviation. http://t.co/QgfwjKow
This tweet was posted on October 24, 2011.
Did you know we also have a library & archives containing more than 8,000 books & periodicals on aviation?
This tweet was posted on February 21, 2016.
Do you know that the Aviation Museum & Library in the IT is a 90% scale replica of the airport's 1937 passenger lobby? http://t.co/KylbUFzd
This tweet was posted on January 04, 2012.
Do you recognize the long diagonal street cutting across this photo? What street is it? Hint: it borders over 4 neighborhoods in San Francisco. This photo was taken in the early 1920s by aviation engineer, Stanley Henry Page. #triviatuesday #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on April 14, 2020.
Do you remember flying with PSA? Check out "Catch our Style" in the Aviation Museum & Library in the Intl Terminal. https://t.co/GtdL7F85XD
This tweet was posted on April 15, 2016.
Do your summer travel plans include flying through SFO? The Aviation Museum & Library is now open daily!
This tweet was posted on July 09, 2016.
Don’t forget, the Aviation Museum & Library has extended hours & is now open daily! See what exhibits are on display https://t.co/DwFjuFV3p7
This tweet was posted on April 30, 2016.
Each airport around the world is assigned a three-letter @IATA (International Air Transport Association) code to make them easily and quickly identifiable. @flySFO’s three letter code, SFO, first appeared in the “American Aviation Air Traffic Guide” in December 1947. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 06, 2021.
Early #aviation books and magazines for youths planted seeds of adventure, exploration, and… http://t.co/AtRxwmMgoX
This tweet was posted on September 03, 2013.
Early Birds features books on aeronautical theory, early human flight, and the development of aviation tech. #AVGeek
This tweet was posted on October 23, 2015.
Early Birds: Selections from the Tony Bill Aviation Library Collection opens this week in our Aviation Library!
This tweet was posted on October 23, 2015.
Early aviators offered airplane rides to the public during the @PPIE100 in San Francisco. http://t.co/iLYfVOF55p
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2015.
Enjoy the China Clipper exhibit in the #Aviation Museum? Listen to our podcasts for more on #PanAm's historic fleet: http://t.co/ZSn4oDtq1b
This tweet was posted on October 04, 2013.
Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh helped map TWA’s early routes, earning the airline the nickname, “The Lindbergh Line” http://t.co/W5i7VOG7PD
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2014.
Featuring rare surviving airmail flight covers that document how the air route across the Pacific Ocean was established during the 1920s & 30s, “Airmail Down Under” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum & Library, located in the IT. https://t.co/BfYpDTYjfD #Airmail
This tweet was posted on June 14, 2022.
Featuring rare surviving airmail flight covers that document how the air route across the Pacific Ocean was established during the 1920s and 30s, “Airmail Down Under” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum & Library & online: https://t.co/BfYpDTYjfD
#AirmailDownUnder
This tweet was posted on October 12, 2022.
Find out how daring pioneers of aviation flew over miles of open water to Asia in the 1930s. http://t.co/nw2OrDaMou
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2015.
Finishing up the installation of 'The Douglas DC-3: Legacy of an Airline Legend' at the #Aviation Museum. http://t.co/oyszV9ZRZV
This tweet was posted on May 02, 2013.
Flyboys, directed by Academy Award winner Tony Bill, will be shown this Friday at the Aviation Museum! More info: https://t.co/GRd7XCs84F
This tweet was posted on November 03, 2015.
Founded in July 1928, the Universal Airlines Corporation was a short-lived airline that acquired several different small airlines in the United States before being acquired itself by Aviation Corporation in 1929.
This tweet was posted on November 28, 2017.